hallmark
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“All the while, the hallmark of this case stared back at us: a flawed eyewitness identification procedure that never should have led to a conviction.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2026
He was a hallmark of 1980s public safety PSAs, and he left an indelible impression on America’s youth.
From Slate ● Aug. 14, 2026
That’s just the opposite of the stubborn bullishness that is the sentiment hallmark of a bull-market top.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 3, 2026
Ruiz is to receive 85kg and Gavi 68.5kg in a tradition that local officials say "has become a hallmark of the municipality for honouring its great athletes".
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
Archie’s voice was gentle with assurance, the old gentleness they all recognized as Archie’s hallmark when he was sailing high, wide and handsome.
From "The Chocolate War" by Robert Cormier
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Wherever someone’s looking for training or certification, White said there are three hallmarks of a quality program.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 31, 2026
But hallmarks of Mr. Glass’s writing are also present—arpeggiated figures, surging harmonies and relentless rhythms chief among them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026
One of the hallmarks of Alzheimer's disease is the buildup of beta-amyloid plaques in the brain.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 19, 2026
The “sporadic downloads,” Meta says, “exhibit the hallmarks of personal use,” not corporate strategy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2026
There were tears and snits and several small bruises and scrapes, all the hallmarks of a grand party.
From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly
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Her technique stems from the art of Mexican son jarocho, a folkloric style of music native to Veracruz, hallmarked by the concurrent strumming of such string instruments as harps and guitars.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 11, 2022
Opening on Wednesday and set to continue until next May is a trial hallmarked to go down in history.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2021
Durable, warm, and waterproof, the thick woolen material became a farmer favorite, hallmarked by small, often-subtle crisscross patterns known as “shepherd’s check” or “houndstooth,” the latter named for its jagged, incisor-like appearance.
From National Geographic ● Jan. 14, 2021
The case is engraved with a verse from John Donne’s poem “The Canonization” and signed "Bosie," hallmarked Birmingham 1897.
From Fox News ● Nov. 9, 2018
The very instrument, it might be said, which stamped Cranley as Johnson, slew Johnson himself, and the process which hallmarked the prisoner as the heir of vast wealth stigmatized him with the brand of Cain.
From The Mark Of Cain by Andrew Lang
Now, using a 3D-printed mould based on an AI blueprint, and streamlining the process in other ways, "I can make this piece in one week" with a few more needed for hallmarking, he said.
From Barron's ● Feb. 18, 2026
According to Alastair Dickenson, a British silver dealer who has appeared as an expert on the BBC program “Antiques Roadshow” for more than 30 years, English hallmarking has been around for almost 700 years.
From New York Times ● Mar. 2, 2023
It received a royal charter in 1327 to control the standard of silver and precious metals being sold through the hallmarking system.
From New York Times ● Nov. 17, 2014
Dr. Lucie has defaced Scagel’s hallmarking dies with deep scrapes, so they cannot be used to create fakes.
From New York Times ● Mar. 1, 2012
He used Fabergé hallmarking tools to reattribute early 1900s pieces made by other Russian goldsmiths or their French archrival Cartier.
From New York Times ● Jun. 30, 2011
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